81st Tribal Art Auction
A rich and diverse selection: Important and powerful sculptures and masks from Africa, Australia, Asia and Oceania. Sensitive and delicate barkpaintings from the western Arnhemland. Samurai armaments from the Edo Period. A fine old Netsuke collection. Ceramics from the Nazca culture as well as works from the Inuit and First Nations.
Highlights
Lot 207Doll
Côte d'Ivoire, AbronEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 2,400
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleFrederick Harry Gordon Hanley, Bournemouth, Englandsold EUR 1,700
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 213Standing ancestor figure
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleHarrie Heinemans, Eindhoven, The Netherlands Zemanek-Münster, Würzburg, 28 May 2011, lot 158 French Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 214Horned mask "kpan"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleAmerican Private Collection Sotheby's London, 17th june 1991, Lot 109 Roswitha von Bergmann, Düsseldorf, Germany Karl-Ferdinand Schädler, Munich, Germany Philippe Ratton, Paris, France (2014)sold EUR 6,000
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 6,500
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleMichael Rhodes, New York, USA Sebastian Fernandez, New York, USAsold EUR 4,800
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleAlain de Monbrison, Paris, Francesold EUR 3,000
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleLauritz Sunde, Copenhagen, Denmark (acquired between 1969 and 1976)sold EUR 2,200
Lot 219Mask "mblo"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulesold EUR 1,500
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleJ. Schotte, Ghent, Belgium Philippe Ratton, Paris, France (2014)sold EUR 5,000
Lot 221Big helmet mask "goli glin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymore
Lot 222Zoomorphic mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymore
Lot 223Zoomorphic mask "bonu amwin"
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGerman Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 224Handle of a fly whisk
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleGerman Private Collection, Berlin (1962)sold EUR 160
Lot 225Handle of a flywhisk
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 226Mallet for "dawle" iron gong
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 227Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, BauleIngrid Zersen, Germanysold EUR 500
Lot 228Goldweight: Leopard
Côte d'Ivoire, Baulenot available anymore
Lot 229Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, BétéGerman Collection, Munichsold EUR 7,000
Lot 230Male figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanDieter Maeding, Cologne, Germanysold EUR 2,500
Lot 231Female figure "lü mä"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanFrench Collection Alexandre Claes, Brussels, Belgiumsold EUR 2,500
Lot 232Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, DanPaul Kummert, Frankfurt, Germanysold EUR 1,800
Lot 233Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, DanAntoine Ferrari de la Salle, Abidjan, Ivory Coastnot available anymore
Lot 234Chimpanzee mask "kagle"
Côte d'Ivoire, DanSouthern German Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 235Mask "deangle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dansold EUR 250
Lot 236Janus-faced guardian head
Côte d'Ivoire, Dannot available anymore
Lot 237Maske
Côte d'Ivoire, DiomandeErwin Graumann, Geneva, Switzerlandsold EUR 3,000
Lot 239Mask
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroNorthern German Private Collection, collected in situ in the 1950's during employment of the collector with Woermann, Hamburg (see also Lot 525 to 532)sold EUR 300
Côte d'Ivoire, Guronot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionnot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, GuroEduard Tschopp, Mutenz, Switzerlandsold EUR 1,100
Lot 243Spoon
Côte d'Ivoire, Gurosold EUR 450
Lot 244Equestrian figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufo/JiminiAlain de Monbrison, Paris, France Adrian Schlag, Brussels, Belgium American Private Collection (2009) Bonhams New York, 12 May 2012, lot 287not available anymore
Lot 245Mask "bugle"
Côte d'Ivoire, Dan/KranEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland (1970) Georges Frederick Keller, Paris, France (Inventory number "G.F.K. 101") Paolo Morigi, Magliaso, Switzerland Sotheby's Paris, Collection Paolo Morigi, 6 June 2005, lot 67 Philippe Ratton, Paris, France (2014)sold EUR 6,000
Lot 246Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Kulangonot available anymore
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoOskar Oberle, Würzburg, Germany German Private Collectionsold EUR 900
Lot 248Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufosold EUR 1,100
Lot 249Standing male figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoChristine Valluet, Paris, France Christie's, Paris, 11 June 2007, lot 64 Belgian Private Collectionnot available anymore
Lot 250Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufosold EUR 1,500
Lot 251Female bowl bearer
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoJosef Müller/Mueller (1887-1977) Collection, Solothurn, Switzerland Monique Barbier-Mueller by descent, Geneva, Switzerland Christie's, London, "The Late Josef Mueller Collection. Part II", 20 March 1979 Monika Wengraf/Arcade Gallery, Londonsold EUR 15,000
Lot 252Standing female figure
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoThompson, Santa Fé, USAnot available anymore
Lot 253Divination figure
Côte d'Ivoire, Senufonot available anymore
Lot 254Helmet mask "degele"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKevin Conru, London, Great Britainsold EUR 2,000
Lot 255Fire spitter mask "wanjugo"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoEmil Storrer, Zurich, Switzerland Swiss Private Collectionsold EUR 3,300
Lot 256Ceremonial headdress "kworo"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoKegel-Konietzko, Hamburg, Germanysold EUR 2,000
Lot 257Rare harp-lute "korikaariye"
Côte d'Ivoire, SenufoManfred Zirngibl, Passau, Germany (1950's)sold EUR 960